The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-19

on on the Lrack you may recover Qatn
ages. In a very late case the highes
court of this State sustained verdicr
| of $4,000 under such circumstances
but with the additional fact that the
passenger was run down and hurt by q
/ train on the next track.
In general as passenger you are en-
titled TO seat, and if you are put of
for non-payment of fare on this ground
you may recover. But if when you get
on the train you see there are no seats
| you must then leave, for by staying you
| consent to stand. If you alight at a
| wayside station without notice or OBJ
lection from the employees, you are en-
| titled to reasonable notice of the time
of starting. 1t is the duty of the COM
pany to draw the train up to the plat
| form, and if they stop above or below
the same and call out the name of your
station, and you cannot see any danger
and alight and are injured, they are
liable. But you must trust TO your
| own judgment, for an improper order of
the conductor will not excuse your neg
ligence. You must not board or
leave the train while in motion. You
must not put your head, legs or
arms out Oh the windows, for the COM
pany is not bound to put bars across
them like the windows of a nursery or
animal cage-though this was once de-
clared to be the law. The company
does not warrant your safety, and is not
liable for unavoidable accidents. If you
are injured while standing on the plat
form in violation of the rules of the
company, you cannot recover if there
was room inside the car to stand, though
no seats.
If you find it necessary to telegraph
when on your journey you must be care
iul to have your message repeated, if the
telegraph blanks require it, otherwise
you cannot hold the company liable for
mistakes.
If you should travel part of the way
ty coach you may presume that the pro-
prietor warrants it to be sufficiently
secure for the journey proposed, for he
is bound to examine it every day. He
must secure your trunks properly, and
If accident happens to them, and your
impedimentd are scattered over the road
TO the gaze of the comm n herd, you
may hold him liable. The coachnan
must be endowed with skill and discre
tion, and know the road and be provided
Win gO0u steauy nOrSeS.
On coming to town where you desire
to stop, anyone who keeps an open inn
and processes to exercise the business
aud employment of a common innkeeper
is bound to offer you such shelter and
accom- mediation as he may possess, if
you are able to pay. 1t does not matter
now much he may dislike you, if you
ire not drunk or disorderly or affected
with disease or all his rooms be occu-
pied, he must receive you. Nor can he
require you to sign your name in his
register or call upon you to furnish it to
him; and il is no excuse for him that it
is Sunday. The fact that you horrify
the rest of the guests by eating with
your fingers or your knife does not give
him the right to put you out. Mine
host of the inn is also considered the in
surer of all the property which comes
within his care, and is liable for its loss
it damaged or stolen, and be cannot free
himself from liability by showing that
neither himself nor his servants are to
blame, but is liable in any event unless
the loss is caused by the act of God. |
Nor is it necessary that the goods be
specially placed in his keeping, but if
they are brought into the inn in rea.
sonable way the proprietor is liable for
their loss. But he may limit his liabil-
ity by notice that he will not be respon-
sible for property, unless specially placed
in his care. 1t is not enough for him to
have such notice printed on his regis
ter or placed on the doors of the roo oDs-
be must prove that you knew of it-nor
will even this avail in any case as to
such articles as are necessary for your
personal comfort and convenience.
But Pullman palace car is not an
inn, and the owners of the same are not
be stolen from you while travelling
there.
The keeper of boarding.house is not
held to the same degree of accountable
ity as an inn-keeper. The law implies
goods of boarder, and if you engage
board by the week in a quiet boarding
house, you must take the risks as to
guilty of gross negligence that he is liza
BILE A boarding house is a house where
you engage rooms for specified term,
an inn is where they are rented from
day to day. The keeper of boarding
house can choose his own guests, and
need give no reason for refusing.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that you
will not be placed in any of the unpleas
ant situations mentioned while on your
travels. In any case, however, you must
that it is your duty to take
all the care that prudent man would
take under like circumstances, and if
you fail to do so you must bear your
with equanimity in case you
are injured, for you cannot receive dam
ages as a salve.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS COOPER.